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• Venezuelan
  Venezuelan

  adjective

  of or relating to the republic of Venezuela.
• venezuelan
  venezuelan

  adjective

  of or relating to Venezuela or its inhabitants

Venezuelan

American  

[ven-uh-zwey-luhn, ‑-zwee-] / ˌvɛn əˈzweɪ lən, ‑ˈzwi- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the republic of Venezuela.

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noun

• Venezuelans
  plural

1. a native or inhabitant of the republic of Venezuela.

venezuelan British  

/ ˌvɛnɪˈzweɪlən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Venezuela or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Venezuela

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• anti-Venezuelan
  adjective
• pro-Venezuelan
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Venezuelans
  plural

Example Sentences

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Venezuelan venezuelan Venezuelans

María Corina Machado, the exiled leader of the Venezuelan opposition and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, on Thursday raised her own worries about what the oil deal means for the future of Venezuela.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

The trio of general licenses, issued by Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, allow U.S. companies to sell and export minerals produced by Venezuelan state-owned mining companies Minerven and Carbozulia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Justice Department has charged an immigration officer with lying about the events leading up to the on-duty shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

A federal immigration agent is facing charges of making false statements about the January shooting of a Venezuelan migrant in Minnesota, US media reported Thursday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

In 2004 two U.S. anthropologists and a Venezuelan medical researcher proposed that Native American susceptibility to infectious disease might have a second cause: helper-T cells, which like HLAs help the immune system recognize foreign objects.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Also on Tuesday, a venezuelan opposition party - Voluntad Popular - said its national coordinator Freddy Superlano had been detained.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2024

Normally, there will be radicals and influenced people who will reject migration; in my particular case, I will keep helping esch venezuelan I encounter.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2018

Despite the insistence from both governments that the plan will benefit both Venezuelans and Americans, it is not without pitfalls and clear unanswered questions.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

But a lack of transparency is raising concerns among Venezuelans, including supporters of the government.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

The announcement drew fierce backlash from many Venezuelans in the country and in the large exile community abroad, as well as among supporters of the opposition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Many Venezuelans are skeptical, given the government’s early inaction — and the $50-billion estimated price tag for repairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

In 1840 England commissioned a surveyor named Schomburgk to fix the boundary but his decision was objected to by the Venezuelans who claimed that he included a great area that rightfully belonged to them.

From The United States Since the Civil War by Charles Ramsdell Lingley